28 August 2024  | You and I are concerned about our personal reputation. What do people think of us? Are we making a good impression? Are we thought trustworthy, wise and likable by others? But we should also be be concerned about God’s reputation, as reflected in us and our church. It’s not hard to […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-reinder-bruinsma-guarding-gods-reputation/

Sawtooth, Tennessee – Conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed health message expert Soy Lent claims to have uncovered a secret plot by the Illuminati to undermine the Adventist health message through the creation and mass distribution of Oreos. “Wake up, sheeple!” exclaimed Lent during a 3-hour YouTube livestream from his mother’s basement. “The Illuminati are using Oreos […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-conspiracy-theorist-claims-illuminati-created-oreos-to-undermine-adventist-health-message/

by Richard W. Coffen  |  27 August 2024  |   It’s exegetical—that is, interpretive—malpractice to claim, as some Bible readers do, that Genesis 2 amplifies Genesis 1, as though it is a map inset. (See, for instance, Andrews Bible Commentary: Light Depth Truth, vol. 1, p. 144.)  A close reading reveals something quite different. “Close reading,” […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-two-creation-stories-of-genesis-part-1-elohim-does-it-all-in-just-six-days/

Comments of the Week August 19-25 Welcome to a new feature, where we select the best comments of the week, and invite you to revisit the essays where they were made. —Editors Why Do You Let Ex-Adventists Write for Adventist Today? “Adventist apologists and fundamentalism in general ask people to put reason and brains in […] Source: https://atoday.org/comments-of-the-week-august-19-25/